Wagon-body hoist



(No Model.)

J. W. SANDY. WAGON BODY HOIST.-

Patented Map. 29, 1892.

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JUNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WVESLEY SANDY, OF OREAL SPRINGS, ILLINOIS.

WAGON-BODY HOIST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,900, dated March29, 1892.

Application filed February 5, 1892.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WESLEY SANDY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Oreal Springs,in thecou nty of Williamson and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Hoisting or-Removing Wagon-Bodies; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specificaiion.

My invention relates to improvements in 'devices for hoisting orremoving wagon-bodies from wagon-beds, the object being to provide asimple, economical, and efficient construction of the same.

The'invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing my improveddevice in place in a wagon-shed ready for use. Fig. 2 is a view, on anenlarged scale, of the Windlass and its frame.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral 1 designates the Windlass-frame consisting of two side bars connected together at ornear theircenters by a cross-bar 2. In the upper ends of the side bars isjournaled a Windlass 4, having secured thereto at each end disks 5, oneof which is provided with a series of peripheral ratchet-teeth 6, withwhich engage a pawl 7, pivoted to said frame, whereby backward movementof the Windlass is prevented. The Windlass is also provided with a pinS,to which the hoisting-rope is connected, as hereinafter described, andwith a crank or handle 9. The lower ends of the side bars of the frameare provided with apertures 10, through which passes a removable andadjustable rod 12, by which the frame is secured .to an upright orvertical joist of a barn or wagon-shed, as will hereinafter appear.

Connected with the ceiling joist or roof of the shed is a double sheave13, and at a short distance therefrom is a single sheave 14:-

Serial No. 420,424. (No model.)

The numeral 15 denotes the hoisting rope or cord.

The operation is as follows: The sheaves are secured to the roof at adistance apart corresponding with the wagon-body. The windlass-frame isthen connected with one of the uprights, the lower ends of the side barsembracing two of the sides thereof, as seen in Fig. 1, with the edges ofthe cross-piece lying or hearing against one of the other sides. The

rod 12 is thenpassed through the apertures 10, hearing against the sideopposite to that with which the cross-piece engages. One end of thehoisting-rope is now secured to the wagon-body and passed up over thesheave 14, from whence it passes to the upper sheave 7o 13, and fromthence downward to the windlass, where it is wound around the pin 8, and

from thence carried up around to the lower sheave 13 to the wagon-body,with which itis secured. By now turning the Windlass by means of thecrank the wagon-body will be lifted or hoisted, the ratchet-teeth andpawl preventing any backward movement of the Windlass.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In awagon-body-hoisting device, the combination of the side bars, eachprovided with a series of apertures,.the intermediate crossbar, theWindlass having a pin, and end disks,

gle sheaves adapted to be connected with a roof or other support, andthe hoisting rope or cord, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN WESLEY SANDY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES ALBERT J QCHUM, SAMUEL J. CRAWFORD.

